Burden of stroke in Malaysia

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-167

  Loo, Keat Wei ^a   Gan, Siew Hua ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hypertension; Malaysia; Prevention; Stroke burden; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACANTHOPANAX; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ARTICLE; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; GINKGO BILOBA; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK FACTOR; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; SEPTICEMIA; SMOKING; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

COST OF ILLNESS; MALAYSIA; MEDICINE, EAST ASIAN TRADITIONAL; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84856199976     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2011.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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